HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 9 (TNSgov) -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut posted the following news release on March 8, 2023: Survivors of police deceptive interrogation, civil rights and civil liberties advocates, legislators, and national law enforcement interrogation experts gathered today at the Capitol to call on the legislature to pass S.B. 1071, a bill to end deceptive police interrogations of children under the age of 18. Under current Connecticut law, it is legal fo  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 (TNSpp) -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on March 10, 2023: The Connecticut chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CT) today condemned the distribution of white supremacist propaganda stickers in Westport, Conn. Westport Police are investigating after the stickers, which promoted a neo-Nazi group, were found on town and state property this week. SEE: White Supremacist Propaganda Found on Town, State Proper  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 10 (TNStalk) -- The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network issued the following statement on March 9, 2023: * * * Set Back the Clock on Public Health * * * Earlier this month, Governor Lamont gave his annual state budget address which proposed a 50% cut over the next two years to the state's Tobacco Health and Trust Fund (THTF). This morning, a public hearing will be held to address this and other proposed cuts. * * * The following statement can be attri  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 11 -- The Connecticut Business and Industry Association issued the following news release on March 10, 2023: The state's largest business organization issued the following response to today's release of the revised 2022 and January 2023 employment reports. "With 8,700 jobs gained in January, the year is off to a very strong start," CBIA president and CEO Chris DiPentima said. "Connecticut added 35,300 jobs over the past 12 months, a 2.1% increase, which brings our  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 10 -- The Connecticut Business and Industry Association issued the following news release on March 9, 2023: A proposed expansion of Connecticut's paid sick leave mandate will further burden struggling small businesses, employers and business groups warned today. Lawmakers are considering two bills that overhaul current state law, which the legislature narrowly passed in 2011--also in the aftermath of a recession. The General Assembly's Labor and Public Employees C  more

NORWALK, Connecticut, March 10 (TNSper) -- The Financial Accounting Standards Board issued the following news on March 9, 2023: The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) today announced the appointment of seven new members to its Small Business Advisory Committee (SBAC), effective immediately. The new members are: * Tony Aponte, Chief Accounting Officer, Attentive * Jason Kies, Office Managing Partner and a Global Lead Partner for Private Equity, KPMG, LLP * Rakhi Kumar, Chief Account  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 7 (TNSgov) -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut posted the following news release on March 6, 2023: A federal court has ruled that Teresa Beatty can sue to end Connecticut's prison debt law, under which people incarcerated by the State on or after October 1, 1997, could owe hundreds of dollars for each day they spent in prison. The court also ruled that Ms. Beatty must substitute a different set of state defendants in order for her lawsuit to proceed  more

NORWALK, Connecticut, Feb. 28 (TNSconf) -- The Financial Accounting Standards Board posted the following news: The Board of Trustees of the Financial Accounting Foundation (FAF) today announced it will begin to livestream portions of its Oversight Committee meetings with the chairs of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB). The first livestream of an Oversight Committee meeting will take place May 9, 2023. "We seek continually to  more

WINDSOR, Connecticut, March 8 (TNSconf) -- LIMRA issued the following news release: Leaders attending the 2023 Life insurance and annuity conference, co-hosted by LIMRA and LOMA, the Society of Actuaries (SOA), and the American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI), will focus on influences impacting the future of the life insurance and annuity markets. The event will be held April 24 - 26 in Salt Lake City, Utah. "Rising inflation and uncertain economic conditions have raised awareness about the i  more

WINDSOR, Connecticut, March 9 (TNSres) -- LIMRA issued the following news release: Facing unprecedented long-term market volatility in 2022, consumers sought the protection offered by fixed annuities, propelling a record-high $312.8 billion in total U.S. annuity sales. According to LIMRA's 2022 Individual Annuity Sales Survey, total 2022 annuity sales increased 23% over 2021 results and were 18% higher than the previous record of $265 billion set in 2008. "The interest rate dip in December spu  more

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, March 7 (TNStalk) -- Save the Children, an organization that says it is giving children a healthy start in life, opportunity to learn and protection from harm, issued the following statement on March 5, 2023: * * * Responding to the news that a massive fire swept across three Rohingya refugee camps Sunday afternoon in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, destroying several Save the Children facilities, Onno van Manen, Save the Children's Country Director in Bangladesh, said: "Just  more

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, March 9 -- Save the Children, an organization that says it is giving children a healthy start in life, opportunity to learn and protection from harm, issued the following news release on March 8, 2023: More than 900,000 people - including 450,000 children - are at risk, as powerful Cyclone Freddy is set to hit Mozambique a second time, with fears it will cause further misery and displacement for families already reeling from its initial impact, Save the Children warned.   more

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, March 7 -- Save the Children, an organization that says it is giving children a healthy start in life, opportunity to learn and protection from harm, issued the following news release: One month after the devastating earthquakes that killed more than 50,000 people and injured more than 100,000 across Syria and Turkiye, thousands of families are still living in temporary shelters and struggling to access food and other essential goods. The earthquakes that struck the reg  more